Installation of the Nord Stream 2 twin pipelines has been completed in the Finnish Exclusive Economic Zone with the end of pipelaying on the second line of the 374-kilometre long Finnish section. The first line was completed in Finnish waters in April 2019. In total, to date over 1,800 kilometres of the Nord Stream 2 pipelines have been constructed in Finnish, Russian, Swedish and German waters.

Environmental impacts of construction activities in the Finnish EEZ are monitored according to the Finnish Environmental Monitoring Programme. The results confirm that all observed impacts have been minor, limited and of short duration.

About Nord Stream 2

Nord Stream 2 is a planned pipeline through the Baltic Sea, which will transport natural gas over some 1,230 km from the world’s largest gas reserves in Russia via the most efficient route to consumers in Europe. Nord Stream 2 will largely follow the route and technical concept of the successful Nord Stream Pipeline. The new pipeline will have the capacity to transport 55 billion cubic metres of gas per year, enough to supply 26 million European households. This secure supply of natural gas with its low CO2 emissions will also contribute to Europe’s objective to have a more climate-friendly energy mix with gas substituting for coal in power generation and providing back-up for intermittent renewable sources of energy such as wind and solar power.